Candi Staton Brings Multiple Stylistic Elements to 'Life Happens'

Candi Staton has been called the “First Lady of Southern Soul” thanks to a string of hits in the 1970s that included R & B versions of Stand By Your Man and In The Ghetto. Later, she topped the disco charts, before turning back to her roots singing gospel music. Staton brings all those stylistic elements and more together in her new album, Life Happens. The new album finds 74-year-old Staton back in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and reunited with producer Rick Hall for the first time since...

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